Sports Digest: Pantano wins stage, Froome holds Tour de France lead

Colombian rider Jarlinson Pantano won the brutal 15th stage of the Tour de France through the Jura mountains after a long breakaway in Culoz, France, on Sunday.

Pantano outsprinted Polish rider Rafal Majka to the finish line.

On a day featuring hardly any flat stretches, there were plenty of attacks but only a few skirmishes between the main contenders. Race leader Chris Froome finished slightly more than three minutes behind in a group including the other main contenders and kept the yellow jersey with a lead of 1:47 over Dutch rider Bauke Mollema.

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INDYCAR: Will Power used pit strategy to grab his third victory of the season, in Toronto, and close in on Team Penske teammate Simon Pagenaud in the race for the IndyCar championship.

Power’s victory on the temporary road course at Exhibition Place was his third in four races, and he was second last week at Iowa. He has closed the gap on Pagenaud to 47 points in the standings, and the two are tied for the most wins this season.

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